title: Questionable ethics--whistle-blowing or tale-telling?
abstract: Renal biopsy is a potentially hazardous procedure, generally performed for therapeutic reasons. An open renal biopsy was performed when there appeared to be no accepted clinical indication and its results published in a specialty journal, whose editors declined publication of subsequent correspondence, questioning the ethical propriety of such a procedure. The implications for clinical practice, authors, editors and readers are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Richard Bright Renal Unit, Southmead Hospital, Bristol.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chambers
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001706:Biopsy; D030881:Disclosure; D035081:Editorial Policies; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology*; D033281:Nontherapeutic Human Experimentation; D033282:Parental Consent; D011643:Publishing / Q000592:standards*; D035642:Whistleblowing